Facing the Eclipse
Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 08:55PM Did you know that the moon is smaller than the sun? Sure you did! In fact, it is a lot smaller.
Isn't it interesting that during an eclipse the sun is entirely blocked out by the little moon of Earth.
It is all perspective. The engineers and the mathematicians get it easy. Those that have seen a solar system model understand. It is all about perspective.
The moon is closer and therefore looks to be just about the same size (maybe a little larger) than the sun. When the moon passes directly between us (we are on Earth!) and the sun, the entire sun is blocked out. It is as if the sun doesn't even exist.
Problems and confusions are like this. Our common enemy is good at manipulating perspective to his advantage. Sometimes it isn't even our common enemy but us who willingly refuse to accept the truths that will help us understand that the SON REALLY IS BIGGER than the moonipulation of problems and stress (cute - I know).
Interestingly, we need to remember as well - we have to know about perspective before we can have perspective. Think about it. If you didn't know that the sun was farther away and bigger - you would just assume that the moon was bigger.
Do we really believe that God is bigger than the boogie man? Do we really believe that He has and can conquer anything? Do we believe that He can sustain us? Until we believe in Him this way, we are like the uneducated man who can't believe the moon is smaller because he refuses to look at the drawing showing him the real perspective. The easiest way to believe in Him as bigger than the world is to read the Bible - some 4,000 years of history showing the success of God. Again and again - He still is.
People continue to lose perspective when they Face the Eclipse. People continue to cheat themselves and those around them acting as if the immediate problem is so much worse than the greatness of God and His People and His Church. Our problems need to be put in perspective so that we can live in Truth.
The next time you face the eclipse - remember the lesson of perspective.
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